Over the Thanksgiving weekend, while shoppers were elbowing their way through extended Black Friday buying frenzies, my husband and I ducked into our beloved Alamo Drafthouse for a 90-minute visit with some old, very dear friends of mine: The Muppets.

Now that Thanksgiving 2011 has come and gone, we can officially say we're in the closing weeks of 2011 ... which means that, ready or not, it's time to start thinking about 2012.

Greetings and happy (Black) Friday, everyone! I hope your culinary adventures this Thanksgiving turned out a bit better than our friend the Swedish Chef's :-)

As we prepare to enjoy Thanksgiving 2011 with friends and family, remember that this is also a great time of year to thank those who are helping your business thrive.

One of the great things about social media for business is that the success stories (as well as the failures) are out there for all to see and learn from. If you're wrestling with the question "How can I better leverage social media for [fill in the blank]," the answer is probably as close as your nearest Web-enabled device.

As you probably know, we're pretty active tweeters here at Resonance, and each Friday I give a rundown of cool content I've shared on Twitter throughout the week.

Back in July I published a post called Social Media and the Introvert's Advantage and was pleasantly surprised how many of my introverted brethren (and ... sestren?) came out of the woodworks to chime in on the subject.

Amidst last week's hubbub over the launch of Google+ Business Pages, the Internet search giant made a second, much quieter announcement—one that could possibly have a much more significant impact for us online marketers.

Happy Friday! ... or more accurately, Happy Corduroy Day!

It's been a lo-o-ong wait (since June 28, to be exact) for us marketers, but on Monday, Google finally launched Google+ Pages, which allows businesses and other organizations to create proprietary outposts on social media's newest network.*

I always giggle a bit when I hear someone called a "social media expert." To me, it's like calling someone an expert on the value of pi.

Ghouls and goblins and ghastlies, oh my! It was quite the Halloween week here in the socialverse, and we've got all the action that's fit to retweet in this week's Twitter Roundup:

It's been a while since we've posted a new article here on the Resonance site, but I think you'll like today's new addition.